Friday, March 13, 2009

Is it me, or has this been a long week? I don't know if it's Daylight Savings or looking forward to our weekend away, but the days have been d-r-a-g-g-i-n-g. Friday has finally arrived and I couldn't be happier.

Wednesday was a blustery day in the Greater Toronto Area with wind gusts up to 90kph. I wimped out and ran my 5K on the treadmill,dragging my feet every step of the way. I don't know what the issue was, but I wasn't feeling it at all. Maybe the wind would have been better? Anyway, I slogged it out in >30 minutes. Ugh!

Thankfully yesterday's run was much better. I met my clinic group and had a great time running with my friends again. It turned out to be 10K instead of 12 and we finished in just under an hour.

For today's Foto Friday I dug up this shot from the finish line of my 5K last summer. If you look closely, you can see my time on the clock to the right: 23:35.

33 comments:

23:35 is a pretty awesome PR! I don't think I have any advice to offer on how to beat it, but I bet you can do it, esp. if you're willing to run short intervals, ick! ;) Have a FANTASTIC and romantic weekend!

I'm not as speedy as you, so my 5K advice may not be great, but I read and heard form other runners that you should aim to go out fast in a 5K. I know, I know, it sounds contradictory to everything that people say, but because it's a short race, going out a little faster means that you establish a higher VO2 max from the first mile and you're better able to sustain that through the other two miles.

I wish I could offer some advice, but I avoid 5K -I'm whimpy with the LT runs. However, if I was to run that race, I would envision the finish line, and how glorious it will be to cross. Oh and lots of I-want-to-puke-now interval runs! LOL

As for the 5K PR, start up as far as you can. In such a short race, you lose a lot of time in the first couple of minutes with people who start at a 10 min/m pace and decide that they should be up front. Also, try running toward the side of the roads to loop around people.